Free Echoes of Tomorrow Season One: Episode Two (Echoes of Tomorrow: Season One Book 2) by Douglas Wayne Page B

no avoiding it though there weren't as many. Just his son's first concert and first job and his daughter's first pregnancy test. The former made him happy to see his not-so-little boy growing up on his own. The later, however, he'd deal with when he got home. Once he got home he would pay Prince Charming a little visit and educate him the finer facts of dating his daughter. All he could offer was a bunch of empty threats, but perhaps he could do just enough that her boyfriend would think twice in fear of another visit.
    Tyler felt like a sitting duck on the side of the car in the wheelchair. The position gave him the perfect line of sight to the three men out back, but if they turned this way it would be the same for them. As much as he hated being blind, he needed to get down to the ground without making any noise.
    Tyler set the brake, and slid out of the chair, careful not to make any unnecessary noise. Once he was halfway out of the seat, Marcy noticed what he was doing and helped him to the ground.
    "What are we going to do?" she said, struggling to keep it together.
    "We need to get out of here."
    "But how? I can't go to my door and you can't stand up." Tears poured down her face as she made the realization.
    Tyler considered the situation for a moment. The more he thought about it, the more he realized she was right. If they were to crawl through the car, it would be easy to see anyone trying to climb over the center console, not to mention the car rocking as they crawled their way through. Walking wasn't going to work either, and neither was a crawl. They were fine as long as the men didn't move in their direction, but he knew the truth. It was only a matter of time until they did.
    Single car on an otherwise open and abandoned parking lot? The marking is on the wall clear as day. The only other obvious hiding spot was near the dumpsters. Tyler believed their only hope was that the trio would all check out in the street and the neighboring parking lot, giving them enough time to get in and escape.
    Tyler forced himself to his knees when he heard tires screeching against the pavement. He poked his head over the window in time to see a blue four-door car pull into the lot then come to a stop in front of the men. The man who came out the back door first looked around then leaned into the window.
    "What's going on?" Marcy asked, still struggling with her emotions.
    "Car pulled up. Apparently friends with the people chasing us."
    Marcy gasped. "What do we do?"
    There wasn't anything they could do. If they sent the driver to case the parking lot and the nearby area with the car, they'd be caught. The front end of the car and sparse vegetation separating the pharmacy parking lot from the one next door wasn't enough to hide behind. Not for the two of them at least. And that was without the wheelchair sitting next to the car. It made the dented sedan stand out even more than it did before.
    Tyler kept his gaze on the men, fighting off the dizziness as best he could. The two other men both moved closer to the car, one moving behind the leader while the other walked around to the passenger side. Tyler's heart beat harder in his chest, knowing they were putting together a plan to search the area. It was only a matter of time until they found them then did who knows what to them.
    "They're leaving?" Tyler said, meaning it to sound more like a statement but came out like a question. He watched as the three men piled into the car, each taking the seat closest. The tires screamed as the driver punched the car into gear, sending a plume of white smoke into the air as he tore around the building.
    As the car passed, Tyler and Marcy dropped to the ground and rolled as close to the car as they could manage. Tyler expected them to be seen, but the rolling cloud of smoke provided them with enough cover to hide.
    The car came to a sudden stop on the other side of the building. Tyler wondered if they were getting their friend or to finish